 Most viewed - Amami Park 奄美パーク |
Adan アダン (Pandanus odoratissimus)31 views
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Amami Park has a garden area named "Isson no Mori" with many tropical plants. This is an Adan tree. (Pandanus odoratissimus)27 views
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Model of Amami Oshima's endemic Amami Kuro-usagi rabbit. Short ears and dark fur.27 views
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Sago palms native to Amami and Okinawa. ソテツ26 views
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Amami Oshima Park26 views
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about Amami Oshima.12 views
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Amami no Sato's Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.12 views
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Isson Tanaka Museum is an art museum showing his paintings. Isson Tanaka (1908–1977) was a painter from Tokyo who moved to Amami at age 50. Photography inside the museum is not allowed. 田中一村記念美術館12 viewsIsson lived on Amami from 1958 until his death in 1977. He painted Amami's flora and fauna. The museum has about 450 of his works and displays about 80 of them at a time. Museum buildings resemble the local Takakura storehouse for grains. Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima.
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.11 views
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Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and General Exhibition Hall.11 views
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Scenic coast on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.9 views
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Agave americana 'Marginata' (Variegated Century Plant). Ornamental plant. リュウゼツラン9 views
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Ixora "Super King"9 views
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View from the lookout tower.9 views
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Tanaka Isson Museum can be seen.9 views
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Rear view of park.9 views
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Banana patch9 views
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Coastal scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.8 views
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Amami Park has the Isson no Mori tropical garden area which is free admission, but other facilities charge admission like the Exhibition Hall and Amami Theater. Isson is the name of a local painter.8 views
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The park also has this lookout tower (Tenbodai) with fine views of the area. It might have been the old airport control tower. 展望台8 views
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View from the lookout tower, Amami Park.8 views
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Amami-Oshima coastal view.8 views
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.8 views
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Realistic and humorous mannequins.8 viewsKagoshima Amami Oshima park
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Tropical flora on Amami-Oshima.7 views
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View from the lookout tower. The Amami no Sato dome (white) can be seen.7 views
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall includes a reconstructed local home. 7 views
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Main entrance to Amami Park. First go through the Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and Exhibition Hall.6 viewsAdult admission ¥650 for both Amami no Sato and Isson Tanaka Museum. Open 9 am–6 pm (until 7 pm in July–Aug.) Closed on the first and third Wed. of the month. (Open if a national holiday and closed on the next day instead.) Open every day during April 29th to May 5th, July 21st to August 31st, and December 30th to January 3rd.
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Opened in Sept. 2001, Amami Park was built by Kagoshima Prefecture on the site of the old Amami Airport. It has become one of the island's major tourist attractions. 6 viewsOn this map of Amami Park, it's easy to see where the runway was.
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Amami no Sato shell-like dome.6 views
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The new Amami Oshima Airport can be seen in the distance.6 views
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall. Admission charged. It's a small local museum explaining local flora, fauna, history, and folk culture. 6 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.5 views
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The new Amami Airport's runway can be seen. Amami Park is a short drive from the airport.5 views
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Runway landing lights in the ocean.5 views
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Amami no Sato's indoor stage and event space inside the dome. There's also the small Amami Theater showing a short film about Amami. イベント広場5 views
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Summer day in Amami.4 views
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